Automobile construction.



C. B. KING.

AUTOMOBILE CONSTRUCTION,

APPLICATION FILED MAR. II. 1916,

:[192994572 Patented Dec. 31, 1918.

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C. B. KING.

AUTOMOBILE CONSTRUCTION.

v APPLICATION FILED MAR. I7 I9|6. LQSQATQ.

Patented DOO. 31, 1918.

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CHARLES B. KING,l 0F DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

AUTOMOBILE CONSTRUCTON.

To all ywhom. t may concern.

Be it known that l, CHARLES B. K'INGl a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, county of Wayne, State of Michi` gan` have invented a certain new and useful. Improvement in Automobile Constructions, and declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to automobile construction and an object of my improvements is to economize room and material and to provide a convenient support for extra rtires.

I( secure this object in the apparatus illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which,

Figure l is a side elevationpartly broken away and in section of the rear portion of an automobile body and chassis and an apparatus embodying' my invention secured thereto.

Fig. 2 is a partial rear view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a detail section on the line C-C Fie'.

llig. 4 is a detail sectional view on the line D-D Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a detail view ferent adjustment of the shown in Fig. l.

Fig. 6 is a diagrammatic view illustrating different positions of some of the parts.

a is the rear portion of an automobile body. Zn is the side piece and b2 the rear cross piece of the chassis or frame. c a are lugs bolted to, and rising from, the cross piece b2, spaced at the proper distance from each other.

(Z is a fuel tank preferably having the convex outer end d3. Z2 is the filling nozzle. Z4 is an indentation formed in the periphery of the tank d for the purpose hereinafter illustrating a difapparatus to that noted. (Z5 indicates the bottom of the fuel p tank d which is preferably convex outward and is provided with a peripheral flange @Z6 adapted to fit within the casing of the gasolene tank d and be bolted thereto, as shown in the drawing. i7 Z7 are strips of metal riveted to the interior of the flange als and forming attachin lugs for the gasolene tank. The ends o the lugs d? are pivotally Specification of Letters Patent.

y radial planes from the Patented Dec. 33t, 19118.

Application filed March 17, 1916. Serial No. 84,779.

secured to the lugs c rising from the cross piece b2 of the chassis. al d are strips of metal riveted to the gasolene tank el and forming supporting flanges extending in periphery of said tank. Each of these iianges has a lug d10 at its inner end and d at its outer end.

e c arel demountable tires having demountable rims e2 and lling tubes e3, the tires e e with their attaching rims are placed over the fuel tank d resting upon the flanges d (Z9 and held in place in part by the lug d10 and d rising from said flanges. Said tires are further held in place by a fasten; ing device described as follows:

ll/Vhile I prefer to mount the tires with the rims attached, as above described, nevertheless, the rims may, and sometimes will be, mounted without the tires and the ltires without the rims, the mode of attaching being the same in either case.

f is astrip of metal turned up at its edges to form a guide-way and secured along the bottom of the fuel tank d parallel to the axis of said tank. g is a casting forming a securing end/which casting is riveted to the fuel tank Z and to the inner end of the guide-way f. The casting g extends beyond the inner end of the gasolene tank d and has secured to it a rod m which is provided with a turn buckle m2. The other end of the rod m is pivotally attached to the chassis of the vehicle. l The rod m is midway between the lateral extremes of the fuel tank d and the attaching lugs c di are at the side of said tank. By this construction an adjustable three-point suspension for the tank is secured.

It is a sliding head adapted to reciprocate in the guide-way f. Ylfhe casting g is provided with a lug g2 having an inclined surface and the head L is provided at one end with lugs having double inclined surfaces. 'lhere is a bolt j having a head z' at its outer end and provided with screw threads at its inner end, said bolt passes through apertures adapted to receive it in the head It, its head i engaging against the end of the headt and its screw threads engaging the screw threads in an aperture in the casting g.

f two tires are to be carried they are placeA contiguous with each other at their inclined surface inner surfaces, as shown inl Fig. 1, the rim e`2 of the inner one engaging against the g and the inclined surface of the lug h2 engaging the rim of the outer tire. By screwing up on the bolt j the tires are iirmly secured in place and may be prevented lfrom jarring loose by passing the hasp c of a padlock through an aperture in the lug h2 and a hole in the head/i ofsaid bolt as illustrated in Fig. l..

If only one tire head h is reversed andthen the lug h2 enages, with its other inclined engaglng surace, the. rime2 of the singletire, the same bein located where the 'inner tire was locate in the first instance. Thehead is set up by means of the bolt y' as before and se-` cured in place by the hasp of the padlock engaging through the bolt head 'a' and a specially provided aperture at this end of the sliding head.

I out away the vmetal of' the rear end of the automobile body and turn a flange a2 (Fig. l) around the edge of theopening l thus formed and fit the fuel tank 0ll into said opening interposing a felt strip a between thekflange a? and. the periphery of the fuel tan d.

l have shown a cylindrical tank but other ofthe lug g2 of the casting' is to'be carried the sliding shapes lmay of course be used and will be included within the scope of my invention.

What I claim is: 1. The combination with an automobile body having an exterior wall, a gasolene fuel 4tank set into said wall and projecting therefrom and adapted at its projecting portion to hold an automobile tire.

2. Ipn combination with an automobile body having an exterior wall, a cylindrical fuel tank'set into said wall and having its axis extendingv approximately normal to the same,V and an yautomobile tire surrounding the projecting portion of said tank and supported thereby.

automobile tire surrounding said tank and.

supported thereby.

In testimony whereof l sign this specification.

CHARLES B. KING. 

